Focus on Penn State Turns to Emails

By

John W. Miller

July 1, 2012 7:26 p.m. ET

Attorneys representing young men who accused Jerry Sandusky of victimizing them say email exchanges among former Pennsylvania State University officials indicate that officials chose not to report acts of alleged abuse and that the emails could be used in civil litigation against the school.

Mr. Sandusky, 68 years old, was convicted last month of 45 counts related to child sex abuse involving 10 boys over 15 years. The emails were...